Consider myself very lucky to be prepared and living in relative safety and comfort. I’ve been on the road most of the time last few years. 4 year old told my wife that she hopes we get to stay together in the house forever. (Kids are having a blast. Spending lots of time playing, in the pool, video play dates, crafts, attention from mom and dad, long walks.)
Feeling somewhat better today, but have spent much of the last couple weeks gripped by anxiety. Finding it hard to concentrate on what little work is available to be done, just getting through most days, and killing a bottle of wine a day. Did a deep Spring clean that took a full week, with every surface cleaned and every nook vacuumed with a backspace Hepa vac. Also been doing a lot of gardening, and cleared out all of the foliage and plants around a pond in the backyard.
But despite being busy and in a good place for now, I’m worried. I work for a major Fortune 50 tech and services company, and don’t know that I’ll have a job to come back to coming out of this. Company was already looking to spin down the small division I lead, and have been looking at other jobs both inside and outside of the company. All requisitions are frozen, and suddenly we’re going from a booming economy with lots of options to probable deep recession. That will accelerate plans to pull the plug on my division.
Am very lucky in that we have good savings and investments we could fall back on, but can’t do that for too long before we fall behind on retirement trajectory.
Very surreal to find the ground giving away suddenly, but have to have faith we’ll emerge and things will go back to normal soon. I for one will be more grateful for what we have when that time comes.
Realize despite my challenges, I am one of the lucky ones. Truly feel for the many to whom this will be devastating.
Hope everyone is coping, and that you’re all well and remain secure.